1.than they had been supposed to be
2.than people previously thought they develop
3.
Thomas Eakins's powerful style and his choices of subject were as
disturbing to his own time as
they are
compelling for ours
they=Thomas Eakins's powerful style and his choices of subject
由于to his own time是在过去发生,所以用were,they后面用are因为是现在对我们的影响
当所比较对象所发生的时间不同时,要遵从实际发生时间,对时态进行更改,不可盲目省略助动词
-- by 会员 chantal891121 (2012/3/31 6:59:55)
1.than they had been supposed to be
2.than people previously thought they develop
3.
Thomas Eakins's powerful style and his choices of subject were as
disturbing to his own time as
they are
compelling for ours
they=Thomas Eakins's powerful style and his choices of subject
由于to his own time是在过去发生,所以用were,they后面用are因为是现在对我们的影响
当所比较对象所发生的时间不同时,要遵从实际发生时间,对时态进行更改,不可盲目省略助动词
-- by 会员 chantal891121 (2012/3/31 6:59:55)
非常非常感谢Chantal童鞋的回复啊。。对于前两个句子,您的意思是不是:比较结构前后的比较对象形式上要对等,然后可以省略掉与前面完全相同或者大家心照不宣的成分呢?例如第一个句子,前后都是S+Be的结构,省略了前后相同的主语和supposed后面to be的不定式;第二个句子,按照您的意思我建议补成than modern humans people previously thought developed的形式,亲给出的句子里they指代不明了,另外比较对象的前后主谓要对等,然后省略了前后相同的主语和谓语,以及大家心照不宣thought的主语people,剩下了previously thought。
以上是我个人的理解,您看对吗?
-- by 会员 losaohan (2012/3/31 9:25:39)
多谢大家的讨论,C兄说的谓语比较,是否可以理解成是谓语成分的比较,即than+比较状语从句修饰谓语,这样就不用特别考究或纠结比较的对象一定要对等,因为对比的可能就是逻辑上面的一个意思?
(1). Thomas Eakins's powerful style and his choices of subject
were as disturbing to his own time as they
are compelling for ours (for our own time).
这句是不是能理解成表语比较:as disturbing v.s. compelling
(2). Modern humans developed much earlier than previously thought. 这句是不是可以补足为:
Modern humans developed much earlier than (they were) previously thought (to develop). 其实就是than引导一个比较状语从句修饰谓语develop。
-- by 会员 haiwen (2012/4/2 10:04:46)